G/TBT/N/THA/659  
31 March 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry.  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated  if different from above:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@ti si.mail.go.th  
Website: https://www.tisi.go.th  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hazardous 
Substances  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Ministry of Industry on List of Hazardous Sub stances Act (No. x) B.E. 
xxxx; (8 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  This draft notification aims at amending the list of hazardous 
substances under the Hazardous Substances Act. This proposed list involves the revision 
and inclusion of certain hazardous substances on the list of hazardous substances 
annexed to the Notification of Ministry of Industry on List of Hazardous Substances B.E. 
2556 (2013) and its last amendments (B.E.2563 (2020)). The summary is as follows.  
1. Department of Industrial Works (DIW) revises the control of 2 entries on List 5.1 as 
follows.  
(1) Entry no. 202 triethanolamine, to add the condition under which this chemical will be 
regulated. The condition is "only concentration >30% w/w".  
(2) Entry no. 247 benzyl cyanide, to b e changed from type 1 to type 3.  
includes Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA -related compounds, which are 
in the group of persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), to List 5.1 as follows.  
(1) Entry no. 526 -533 (8 entries), to be classified as type 3 only being within the scope 
of specific exemptions under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.  
(2) Entry no.534 -541 (8 entries), to be classified as type 4 in case of being outside the 
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  Pollutants, with the exception of being present as impurity with the concentrations not 
more than those specified in this draft Notification.  
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA -related sub stances which will be 
regulated under this draft Notification include  
(1) perfluorooctanoic acid CAS no. 335 -67-1 
(2) ammonium perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 3825 -26-1 
(3) sodium perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 335 -95-5 
(4) potassium perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 2395 -00-8 
(5) silver perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 335 -93-3 
(6) perfluorooctanoyl fluoride CAS no. 335 -66-0 
(7) methyl perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 376 -27-2 
(8) ethyl perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 3108 -24-5 
2. Food and Drug Administration Revises the control of 24 haz ardous substances as 
follows.  
List 4.1, 21 entries (entry no. 18, 31, 39, 41, 47, 51, 52, 74, 75, 94, 109, 110, 111, 137, 
138, 152, 168, 173, 189, 208, and 209  
List 4.2, 1 entry (entry no. 3),  
to amend the condition as follows.  
"In products used in household or public health activity with purposes for inhibiting, 
preventing, controlling, destroying rodents".  
List 4.3, 2 entries as follows.  
(2.1) Entry no. 1, to adjust the name to "Products used in household or public health 
activity with purpose for inhibiting, preventing, controlling, destroying rodents"  
and to add the exemption conditions as follows.  
"Except products being under one of the following conditions.  
Product containing essential oils from plant or animal as active ingredients.  
Product mai nly containing plant parts which may be processed such as cutting, grinding, 
chopping, slicing.  
Product containing substances derived from plant or animal through the process of boiling, 
fermentation, extraction, combustion or any other processes without t he addition of other 
substances intended to cause a chemical reaction as key ingredients.  
However, the products under 1, 2 and 3 must not contain any synthetic chemicals as 
active ingredients."  
(2.2) Entry no. 4, adding the exemption condition as follows.  
"Except bleaching products containing enzymes as active ingredients and not containing 
synthetic chemicals as active ingredients."  
3. Department of Livestock  
- include "chlorpylifos" to List 3.1 (entry no. 24) which is classified as type 4 hazardous 
substance with the condition as follows.  
"In active ingredients or products containing active ingredients intended for preventing, 
destroying, controlling insects or animal pests (except parasites living in animals)"  
4. The producer, importer, ex porter, or possessor of the type 3 hazardous substance 
prescribed in this Notification having been in business before the effective date of this 
Notification shall submit an application for a licence within 30 days since the effective 
date of this Notifica tion. If registration is required for any hazardous substance, 
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  5. The producer, importer, exporter, or possessor of the type 4 hazardous substance 
prescribed in this Notification h aving been in business before the effective date of this 
Notification shall comply with the order of competent official within 180 days since the 
effective date of this Notification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wher e 
applicable:  To amend the List of Hazardous Substances by revising its type and condition 
as well as adding the new entry substances, the amendment will facilitate the proper 
measure on new concern substance control and it is also in line with the concern  chemicals 
under Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. It provides safety and 
benefit to human and environment.  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535 (1992) and its amendments  
2. Notification of the Ministry of Industry regarding the List of Hazardous Substances B.E. 
2556 (2013)  
3. Notification of the Ministry of Industry regarding the List of Hazardous Substances (No. 
6) B.E. 2563 (2020)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date o f entry into force:  From the date of its publication in the Kingdom of 
Thailand's Government Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  31 May 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: https://www.tisi.go.th  
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